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Lower your blood pressure with a vegan diet

Too much pressure!

16/11/2020  |   Health research

The beneficial effects of a vegan diet on hypertension (high blood pressure) have been reported in many studies. This review looked at 15 different studies with over 800 participants.

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Don’t forget your B12

16/11/2020  |   Health research

Not much is known about the nutritional status of vegans in the Czech Republic. According to a 2019 survey, 10 per cent of Czechs aged 18-34 describe themselves as vegetarian or vegan.

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Dodge diabetes with diet

16/11/2020  |   Health research

The number of people around the world with diabetes is high and rising rapidly. Because of this, in the UK, around 10 per cent of the entire 2011 health service budget was used on treating diabetes.

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It’s a win-win-win for vegans

16/11/2020  |   Health research

A simple truth – the diet that is good for you is also good for the environment. To maintain our health and that of the planet, and all its important natural systems upon which we depend…

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Scary dairy

16/11/2020  |   Health research

Women who drink cow’s milk could increase their risk of developing breast cancer by as much as 80 per cent according to a new study from Loma Linda University in the US.

Fudging the facts

29/07/2020  |   Health research

Misleading meat advice In a refreshingly straight-talking article called ‘On Meat, Butter and Fudge’, a series of papers published last year in the Annals of Internal Medicine, were given a well-deserved...

Factory farming

29/07/2020  |   Health research

Increasing the risk of pandemics  Factory farming provides the perfect conditions for viruses and bacteria to adapt and spread from animals to humans, increasing the risk of epidemics. An international...

Deadly white stuff

29/07/2020  |   Health research

Cow’s milk link with breast cancer revealed Drinking even small amounts of cow’s milk can increase your risk of breast cancer, according to new research from Loma Linda University, California....

Final warning

29/07/2020  |   Health research

Covid-19 is a shot across the bows More and more scientists are acknowledging the role that eating animals plays in the emergence of infectious diseases. In this study, scientists from...

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